(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, made history on Thursday as he embarked on a successful flight in an airplane with registration number 5N-BUV, from the Port Harcourt Airport to the newly constructed Bayelsa International Cargo/Passenger Airport, Yenagoa. The emotional ceremony was witnessed by thousands of ecstatic people who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Police Command confirmed Friday that its men have arrested over 500 suspected miscreants across the North West State. The State Police Commissioner (CP), Mr. Mohammed Wakili, said this while responding in an interview. He stressed the Command was “prepared to deal with anyone who foments trouble, no matter how […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, Friday appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegation of false assets declaration and pleaded not guilty to the six counts leveled against him. Following the oral submission by the lead defence counsel, Chief Chris Uche […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hooded men in police uniform Friday stormed a meeting of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, but were prevented by the Military from disrupting the parley which held at a former Governor of the State, Mr. Idris Wada’s residence. It was gathered that the men were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hunger is on the rise in Africa mainly due to difficult global economic conditions, adverse climatic conditions due to El Nino and soaring staple food prices, according to a new report published by the UN. The 2018 Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report was jointly published by the UN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, in spite of a huge emergency vaccination programme, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. Dr Katrina Kretsinger of WHO’s expanded programme on immunisation said this at a news conference in Geneva. “The number of deaths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat at BATE Borisov on a night forward Alexandre Lacazette will want to forget after being sent off late on in the first legs of the Europa League last 32 on Thursday. Arsenal had scored 10 goals in two matches against BATE Borisov in the same competition in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Nji, on Thursday said that security in all the ten regions of the country will be beefed up before September general elections this year. Nji said this in the capital Yaounde at the start of a bi-annual 2019 Conference of Regional Governors. “The security and peace […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released the colors of the ballot papers and boxes for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on Feb. 16. Mr Leo Nkedife, INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Anambra, made the release available in Awka on Thursday. According to the release different colors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to avert another partial government shutdown with bipartisan spending legislation that funds new barriers for part of the U.S.-Mexico border, but not the $5.7 billion that President Donald Trump sought for a wall. The Republican-led Senate backed the bill, which would provide over $300 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State South South Nigeria Thursday morning staged a protest at the gate of the State’s office of the Independent National Electoral (INEC) in Port Harcourt, the State Capital. Reports said the Protesters are aggrieved over what they described as selective obedience to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday failed to list Federal Projects in Bayelsa to back up their quest to convince the people to support the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Director in charge of Strategic Communications, Chief Nathan Egba Ologo, said that the Administration òf President Muhammadu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The most distasteful theatre of the absurd yet in the electioneering drives of the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – played out during the presidential campaign rally of the APC in Abeokuta, on Monday (February 11). Nothing close to the oddity […]
…By Gbolahan Gbadamosi and Akintokunbo A. Adejumo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This piece arose from a conversation we had that dragged on and on. We have a combined experience of and exposure to university education in Nigeria and an active interest, including one of us being previously an academic staff of a federal university for a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, has instructed that 24 hours security be mounted at all the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in the council Areas of the State. He equally directed that fully equipped fire-fighting trucks be stationed at each of the INEC offices, as well as headquarters […]
…To Organise Mega Rally In Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the February 16th, presidential election in Nigeria, a group under the auspices of Coalition of Igbo Youth Organizations for Buhari has justified their support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All progressive congress APC. They defended the position while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Isiagu Ibagwa community in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into shock, as a son identified as one Ifesinachi Ukwueze allegedly murdered his mother Mrs. Beatrice Ukwueze with a cutlass over a yet to be established issue. It was gathered that the abominable action […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has debunked the claim by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, that the Bayelsa International Airport was built at cost of N120 billion. Governor Dickson said that it was most unexpected of a person of the status of a […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted a five-man panel to investigate the allegations leveled against the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad. NJC’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja disclosed that the panel is to be headed by a retired […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the country matches to the first leg of general polls, President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to youths not to allow themselves to be used to cause violence during the exercise. The President made the appeal Wednesday at the second and final signing of Peace Accord on 2019 Presidential […]
